Hiram Corson
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Hiram Corson (6 November 1828 – 15 June 1911) was an American professor of literature.[1]
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[edit] Life
Corson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1828.
His teaching career included positions at Girard College, St. Johns College, Annapolis, and Cornell University. He also worked in the library of the Smithsonian Institution.[2] As a professor, Corson's focus was Anglo-Saxon and English literature.
His papers are held at Cornell University.[3]
[edit] Works
- A Hand-Book of Anglo-Saxon and Early English. Holt & Williams. 1871. http://books.google.com/books?id=oFQQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Hiram+Corson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=daYET4SwF7SJsAKrx9ySCg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Hiram%20Corson%22&f=false.
- An Elocutionary Manual, Charles Desilver, 1867
- A Primer of English Verse. Ginn. 1893. http://books.google.com/books?id=gSoYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Hiram+Corson%22+primer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iqgET5C8DKOssALQndmQCg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Hiram%20Corson%22%20primer&f=false.
- An Introduction to the Study of William Shakespeare. D.C. Heath & Co.. 1889. http://books.google.com/books?id=FC8RAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Hiram+Corson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=daYET4SwF7SJsAKrx9ySCg&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Hiram%20Corson%22&f=false.
- An introduction to the study of Robert Browning's poetry. D.C. Heath & co.. 1830. http://books.google.com/books?id=mW5aAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Hiram+Corson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=daYET4SwF7SJsAKrx9ySCg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Hiram%20Corson%22&f=false.
- An Introduction to the Study of Milton
- The voice and spiritual education, Macmillan, 1904
- Translations
[edit] Sources
- George Norman Highley, (ed) The Corson family: a history of the descendants of Benjamin Corson, son of Cornelius Corssen of Staten Island, New York, H.L. Everett, 1906
[edit] References
- ^ "Prof. Hiram Corson Dead". The New York Times. June 16, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70F1EF73F5D16738DDDAF0994DE405B818DF1D3. Retrieved January 04, 2012.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Guide to the Hiram Corson Papers, 1842-1956.". Cornell University. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ead/htmldocs/RMA00449.html. Retrieved January 04, 2012.
- Attribution
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Corson, Hiram". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
